Question

An engineer is estimating the weight of a steel beam. The actual weight of the beam is 152 pounds. The engineer's estimate is 150 pounds.
Find the absolute error and the percent error of the engineer's estimate. If necessary, round your answers to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer/Step-by-step explanation:

To find the absolute difference, we simply have to see by how much pounds the estimation was off.

The real measure was 152 pounds, the estimated weight was 150.

D = 152- 150 = 2 pounds.

For the percent of error, we divide the absolute difference (52) by the real value () and we'll get the % of error.  So,

%D = 52 / 152 = 0.0034, so 0.34%